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BUREAU BEDSTEAD. No. 343,858. Patented June 15, 1886.

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UNITED Smarts MARKS SAMUELS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TOHIMSELF ANDHARRIS ROSENTHAL, OF SAME PLACE.

BUREAU-BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 343,858, dated June 15,1886.

Application filed January 28, 1886.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARKS SAMUELS, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Bureau-Bedsteads, of which the followingis aspecification.

This invention relates to folding bedsteads, and has for its object toprovide a novel construction whereby the article is adapted as achiffonier when in its folded condition.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of partshereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of myfolding bed partly opened. Fig. 2 is a central ver-' tical section ofthe same when closed. Fig. 3 is a side elevation when open. Fig. 4.- isa section on the plane x 00, Fig. 3.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings,the letter A designates the head-piece, and B thefoot-piece. O is the in ner folding section, which is connected to thehead-piece A by the pivots a, and D is the outer folding section,connected to the footpiece B -by the pivots b. In the top of thehead-piece is hinged a ventilating-door, 0, which may be opened topermit a more perfect circulation of air when the bed is unfolded, or itmay be used to air the bedding when the bed is folded. To the bottom ofthe head-piece is secured the base E, which projects sufficiently towardthe foot-piece to form a support for a transversely-sliding drawer, F,which sets on said projecting base be tween the guides d. WVhen the bedis folded, this drawer rests between the side rails of i the two foldingsections and out of sight. In

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shown in Fig. 1, access is gained to the drawer F,and the bed-clothesmay be removed before the bed is completely unfolded. The inner andouter folding sections are connected by hinges e, which have a commonpintle in the rod f. To this rod are connected the feet H, forming asupport of the center of the bed when open. These feet are on theoutside of the folding sections, and when the bed is folded up they areheld in position between the head and foot piece of the bed.

In the foot-piece B is formed an inner casing, I, in which may bearranged drawers J, to form a bureau. Between the side walls of thisinner casing and the side walls of footpiece B are recesses g, in whichthe side rails of the outer loldiug section are hinged, and

into which the whole of the outer folding section passes when the bed isfolded. The head-piece is supported on feet h, while the foot-piece ismounted on casters 2', so that the former will remain stationary whilethe lat ter is being drawn out-ward. Hooks j and eyes-7c serve to keepthe bed locked together when folded; but any other means for fasteningmay be employed.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the chambered headseclion A, having the forwardlyextending base E, provided with transverse guides d, the chamberedfoot-section B, the vertically-swing ing side rails, O and D, hingedtogether and pivoted, respectively, to-the head and foot sections, andthe drawer F, fitting the guides, and resting between and concealed bythe side walls of the head and foot sections when folded together,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARKS SAMUELS. [L. s.]

\Vitnesses:

OTTO HUFSLAOER, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

